Civil Rights Movements
1990:
May 17 - the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from its list of diseases
July 26 - the Americans with Disabilities Act (designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination
1991:
*The Civil Rights Act of 1991
1992:
1993:
April 28 - an executive order requires the U.S. Air Force to allow women to fly war planes
1994:
1995:
Cold War
1990:
June 1 - President Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty to end chemical weapon production and begin the destruction of their respective stocks
August 2 - Gulf War (Iraq invaded Kuwait
September 11 - President Bush delivered a nationally televised speech in which he threatened the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait
1991:
January 12 - Congress authorized the use of military force to liberate Kuwait
February 7 - American ground troops enter Kuwait
February 13 - two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroyed an underground bunker in Baghdad, killing hundreds of Iraqis, including innocent civilians
February 25 - part of an Iraqi Scud missile hit an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; 29 American soldiers were killed and 99 injured, the most devastating attack on U.S. forces for the whole of the war
February 26 - Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announced the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait; during the retreat, Iraqi soldiers set fire to Kuwaiti oil fields
March 10 - Operation Phase Echo: 54,000 American troops began to leave the Persian Gulf
1992:
June 17 - President Bush and Soviet Leader Boris Yeltsin signed a "Joint Understanding" agreement on arms reduction
1993:
January 3 - President Bush and Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
January 19 - U.S. forces fired approximately 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Baghdad factories linked to Iraq's illegal nuclear weapons program
February 26 - the World Trade Center bombing (a van bomb parked below the North Tower exploded, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000
April - the Kuwaiti government claimed to uncover an Iraqi assassination plot against President Bush shortly after his visit to Kuwait
June 27 - President Clinton orders a cruise missile attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters in the Al-Mansur District of Baghdad, in response to the attempted assassination of President Bush
1994:
January 14 - President Clinton and Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin Accords, which stopped the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles towards each country's targets and provided for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in Ukraine
September-October - U.S. troops began to be deployed troops to Kuwait in response to the gathering of Iraqi troops near Kuwait's border
September 19 - American troops invaded Haiti in order to restore the legitimate elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to power
1995:
Culture
1990:
March 26 - Driving Miss Daisy won Best Picture at the 62nd Academy Awards
1991:
1992:
March 30 - The Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture at the 64th Academy Awards
November 3 - Bill Clinton won the U.S. presidential election
1993:
January 20 - Bill Clinton succeeded George Bush as the 42nd U.S. President
March 29 - Unforgiven won Best Picture at the 65th Academy awards
November 11 - Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
1994:
January 25 - President Clinton delivered his first State of the Union Address, calling for health care reform, a ban on assault weapons, and welfare reform
March 21 - Schindler's List won 7 Oscars (including Best Picture) at the 66th Academy Awards
September 13 - President Clinton signed the Assault Weapons Ban, which banned the manufacture of new weapons with certain features for a period of 10 years
1995:
Economics
1991:
April 17 - the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 3,000 for the first time ever at 3,004.46
1992:
1993:
November 17-22 - the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) passed by the legislative houses
1994:
January 1 - NAFTA goes into effect
February 4 - the Federal Open Market Committee raised the Federal Funds target rate by 25 basis points to 3 and 1/4 percent
1995:
Technology
1990:
April 24 - the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, which placed the Hubble into orbit
May 22 - Microsoft released Windows 3.0
1991:
April 10 - a South Atlantic tropical cyclone that developed in the Southern was the first of its kind to be documented by weather satellites
October 29 - the Galileo spacecraft made its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid
1992:
1993:
November 11 - Microsoft released Windows 3.11
December 2 - NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavor on a mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope
1994:
1995:
1990:
May 17 - the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from its list of diseases
July 26 - the Americans with Disabilities Act (designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination
1991:
*The Civil Rights Act of 1991
1992:
1993:
April 28 - an executive order requires the U.S. Air Force to allow women to fly war planes
1994:
1995:
Cold War
1990:
June 1 - President Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty to end chemical weapon production and begin the destruction of their respective stocks
August 2 - Gulf War (Iraq invaded Kuwait
September 11 - President Bush delivered a nationally televised speech in which he threatened the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait
1991:
January 12 - Congress authorized the use of military force to liberate Kuwait
February 7 - American ground troops enter Kuwait
February 13 - two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroyed an underground bunker in Baghdad, killing hundreds of Iraqis, including innocent civilians
February 25 - part of an Iraqi Scud missile hit an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; 29 American soldiers were killed and 99 injured, the most devastating attack on U.S. forces for the whole of the war
February 26 - Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announced the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait; during the retreat, Iraqi soldiers set fire to Kuwaiti oil fields
March 10 - Operation Phase Echo: 54,000 American troops began to leave the Persian Gulf
1992:
June 17 - President Bush and Soviet Leader Boris Yeltsin signed a "Joint Understanding" agreement on arms reduction
1993:
January 3 - President Bush and Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
January 19 - U.S. forces fired approximately 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Baghdad factories linked to Iraq's illegal nuclear weapons program
February 26 - the World Trade Center bombing (a van bomb parked below the North Tower exploded, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000
April - the Kuwaiti government claimed to uncover an Iraqi assassination plot against President Bush shortly after his visit to Kuwait
June 27 - President Clinton orders a cruise missile attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters in the Al-Mansur District of Baghdad, in response to the attempted assassination of President Bush
1994:
January 14 - President Clinton and Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin Accords, which stopped the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles towards each country's targets and provided for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in Ukraine
September-October - U.S. troops began to be deployed troops to Kuwait in response to the gathering of Iraqi troops near Kuwait's border
September 19 - American troops invaded Haiti in order to restore the legitimate elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to power
1995:
Culture
1990:
March 26 - Driving Miss Daisy won Best Picture at the 62nd Academy Awards
1991:
1992:
March 30 - The Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture at the 64th Academy Awards
November 3 - Bill Clinton won the U.S. presidential election
1993:
January 20 - Bill Clinton succeeded George Bush as the 42nd U.S. President
March 29 - Unforgiven won Best Picture at the 65th Academy awards
November 11 - Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
1994:
January 25 - President Clinton delivered his first State of the Union Address, calling for health care reform, a ban on assault weapons, and welfare reform
March 21 - Schindler's List won 7 Oscars (including Best Picture) at the 66th Academy Awards
September 13 - President Clinton signed the Assault Weapons Ban, which banned the manufacture of new weapons with certain features for a period of 10 years
1995:
Economics
1991:
April 17 - the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 3,000 for the first time ever at 3,004.46
1992:
1993:
November 17-22 - the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) passed by the legislative houses
1994:
January 1 - NAFTA goes into effect
February 4 - the Federal Open Market Committee raised the Federal Funds target rate by 25 basis points to 3 and 1/4 percent
1995:
Technology
1990:
April 24 - the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, which placed the Hubble into orbit
May 22 - Microsoft released Windows 3.0
1991:
April 10 - a South Atlantic tropical cyclone that developed in the Southern was the first of its kind to be documented by weather satellites
October 29 - the Galileo spacecraft made its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid
1992:
1993:
November 11 - Microsoft released Windows 3.11
December 2 - NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavor on a mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope
1994:
1995: